THE YOUNG HALF CASTE, 1967

Important Australian and International Fine Art
Sydney
13 September 2016
112

RUSSELL DRYSDALE

(1912 – 1981)
THE YOUNG HALF CASTE, 1967

pen and ink and watercolour on paper

22.5 x 16.5 cm

signed lower centre: Russell Drysdale
inscribed verso: THE YOUNG HALF CASTE / … / 1967

Estimate: 
$3,000 – 5,000
Sold for $6,710 (inc. BP) in Auction 44 - 13 September 2016, Sydney
Provenance

The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane (label attached verso)
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (label attached verso, cat. 8896)
Private collection, Sydney

Exhibited

Russell Drysdale, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane, 15 – 30 August 1967, cat. 9 (illus. In exhibition catalogue and front cover)
Russell Drysdale: The Drawings, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 17 February – 25 March 2012, touring to Carrick Hill House Museum, Adelaide, 5 April – 17 June 2012; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 30 June – 5 August 2012

Literature

Klepac, L., Russell Drysdale: The Drawings, The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2012, p. 134 (illus.)